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Woods return starts well but ends woefully

Rick Broadbent

December 2 2016, 12:01am, The Times

Woods had a share of the lead after eight holes, but he hit rocks, sand and water in the final holesCHRISTIAN PETERSEN/GETTY IMAGES

Tiger Woods made up for lost time by cramming most things into his first round for more than 15 months. The comeback was neither triumph nor calamity but a torrid finish left him one over par at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. “I let a good round slip away,” he said. But at least he finished.

The 14-times major winner and world No 898 had a share of the lead after eight holes, but he hit rocks, sand and water in the final holes, which is fine if you are making concrete but not if you want to come back with a bang. Four dropped shots in the final three holes meant that when he finished only Justin Rose was below him in…